#thirty poems of hafiz of shiraz

[jardindefruits]

Last night, when in the gardens of Iram The gentle dawn-wind ruffled the hyacinth’s tresses…

Hafiz translated by Peter Avery & John Heath-Stubbs, from ‘XLIII’, Thirty Poems of Hafiz of Shiraz

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[jardindefruits]

Again the garden has got the glitter of Spring: The nightingale hears good news, for the rose is come. Soft wind returning to the young plants of the meadow, Greet for us the rose, the cypress and the sweet basil.

Hafiz translated by Peter Avery & John Heath-Stubbs, from ‘VII’, Thirty Poems of Hafiz of Shiraz

#hafiz #thirty poems of hafiz of shiraz #quotes #in the soft earthen breeze #*

[jardindefruits]

Tears, tears like pearls, must thread your eyelashes

Before you drink the wine from this jewelled cup.

— Hafiz translated by Peter Avery & John Heath-Stubbs, from ‘XLIII’, Thirty Poems of Hafiz of Shiraz

#hafiz #hafiz of shiraz #thirty poems of hafiz of shiraz #quotes #cries of birds on the air like jewels #this is referring to the magical cup of Jamshid #said to hold the elixir of immortality/all heavens of the universe could be observed by looking into it #*